Union Maid Lyrics

There once was a union maid, she never was afraid
Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid.
She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called,
And when the Legion boys come 'round
She always stood her ground.

Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.

This union maid was wise to the tricks of company spies,
She couldn't be fooled by a company stool, she'd always organize the guys.
She always got her way when she struck for better pay.
She'd show her card to the National Guard
And this is what she'd say

You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me;
Get you a man who's a union man and join the ladies' auxiliary.
Married life ain't hard when you got a union card,
A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife.

Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3

May 1998

1. Hard Traveling
2. Farmer-Labor Train
3. Howdjadoo
4. Ship in the Sky
5. I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
6. Mean Talking Blues
7. Better World A-Comin'
8. Miss Pavlichenko
9. So Long It's Been Good to Know You (War Version)
10. New Found Land
11. Oregon Trail
12. Vigilante Man
13. 1913 Massacre
14. Talking Columbia
15. Two Good Men
16. Sally Don't You Grieve
17. Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
18. What are We Waiting On
19. Railroad Blues (Cripple Creek)
20. Ludlow Massacre
21. Ladies Auxilary
22. Miner's Song
23. When the Yanks Go Marching In
24. Union Maid
25. The Rubaiyat
26. The Many and the Few
27. Hanukkah Dance